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and vallejo police investigating a shooting that left one man dead and four others injured. >> president obama delivers his state of the union address lasttonight. >> it is confirmed no. 3 at set off a nuclear weapon, we will have details later on. >> we start off with some clouds out there and locally dense fog for the north bay valleys. sunny skies and cooler air along the coastline. full details of your extended forecast coming up and my next report. >> the good news about this commute is it is boring. we are not tracking any hot spots or major delays. your quick commute back from the bay bridge toll plaza is a 14 to 16 minutes drive time.
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traffic is getting heavier in the east bay, moderate to heavy conditions. still light for the south bay and highway 1 01 the peninsula and marin county is problem free. >> 7:01 a.m. and one man is dead and four others are wounded after a shooting at 8:30 p.m. last night. >> investigators are looking to see of the victims were targeted. to the victims were found inside the rise. so far no one has been arrested in this case. police would give us an update later on this morning. >> we have another developing story out of the east bay's this time and concord. a 14 year-old boy
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is in the hospital this morning after by car while crossing solano way in concord. it happened yesterday are around 1:30 p.m.. if you know the area of this is solano and grant rate near 680. authorities said the boy and a walking in a crosswalk on salon away when a toyota saigon struck him. police said the driver is not believe seven drunk or speeding at the time of the crash. the boy is now being treated for life-threatening injuries at children's hospital in oakland. >> president obama is expected to announce in a state of the union address tonight that 34,000 troops will be able to come home from afghanistan next year. at the half the u.s. troops currently in afghanistan. the decision marks the next phase of the president's plan to in the u.s.-led war in afghanistan by the end of 2014. wilson of president obama will focus on boosting
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job reducing gun violence and revamping immigration. present obama will then travel three states over three days starting tomorrow to drum up support supports our policy proposals. apple ceo tim cook will be among those in the capital audience as president obama delivers his state of the union address tonight. cook is one of the guests invited by first lady michelle obama. the imitation means the apple chief had to reschedule a highly anticipated presentation he's giving today at the goldman sacks technology conference in san francisco. you can watch the president's office said at the union speech live on kron4247 news channel, has 193 tonight starting at 6:00 p.m.. >> north korea confirmed today it it it has conducted its third nuclear test. president obama is calling the latest test a " highly provocative act that threatens u.s. security and international peace. the
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president promises to take necessary action to defend america and its allies. the u.n. security council will hold emergency meeting this morning on the nuclear test. the latest as combined with recent missile launches has experts predicting that north korea is trying to develop a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the united states. the detonation was about half the size of the nuclear blast on hiroshima during world war two. the detonation ashley registered as a 5.1 earthquake on the usgs as seismic equipment. >> the mayor of los angeles is asking an ax, wanted by police to turn himself and. christopher dorner is accused of killing three people in a revenge plot targeting the los angeles police department. mayor antonio billow rego says bernard give himself up. >> turn yourself and. yet cause a lot of pain and anguish to too many families. you have to turn yourself and. if you really
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are someone who is an assembly accused in the way you say you are, please you done enough harm. turn yourself and. >> meanwhile authorities and big bear lake research in more than 30 square miles a day and night for dorner. dozens of deputies are canvassing the big bear area and checking on roughly 600 cabins and a manhunt for dorner. dorner is burned out truck was found late last week and a mound resort with weapons and camping gear inside. prosecutors filed a murder charge against dorner that could bring the death penalty in the killing of riverside police officer. this morning the los angeles police the arm is bringing criminal profilers and data analyst to help get inside corners had. the department wants to know whether dorner is a methodical, well- trained professional or is he a panicked amateur and over his head? authorities
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believe answering that question will help them make key decisions as a man on interest takes sixth day. >> in richmond a 30 year-old man is recovering in hospital after being shot by police. investigators say around 5:00 p.m. yesterday evening their shotspotter system alert officers the gunfire at an apartment complex. when police arrive bitten by the man with a gun. during that confrontation and officers fired several shots, the man is in critical condition this morning. >> the cloud cover over san this morning. >> the cloud cover over san francisco righwell, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched.
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the real concern is what it will have on defense spending. also concerns on our economy. it could take a half a percentage point on the gb p growth. if congress does not act. >> this morning a delaware court has remained closed after three people were killed there. it happen yesterday in washington. we've just learned within a few last-minute the gunmen was the next work in loss of one of the victims'. witnesses saw the shooter into the courthouse, pull out a pistol and fired at two women. >> than the shooter exchanged gunfire with police before falling to the floor. >> it is 7:10 a.m. we will be back with more. a warming trend is digging into day. we have slow traffic on 101 northbound. >> we will be right [ whirring ] [ creaking ]
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injured in the storm that ripped through several counties. >> the twister severely damaged or destroyed nearly 600 homes and damaged businesses. >> crews from the neighboring cities are helping in the cleanup in hattiesburg. >> take a look at this! new time lapse video just in to kron 4 shows how much snow fell in hartford, conn., between 4:00 p.m. friday until just 9:00 a.m. saturday. >> the blizzard of as much as 3 ft. of snow on some parts of connecticut. >> this is what they're still dealing with. we in the meantime, are breaking into full sunshine and seeing temperatures warm up throughout the week. hi erica. >> good morning to you darya. >> a lot of cloud cover from up above according to our mount tam camera. we have areas of local dense fog. a chilly start for some. a
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low to freezing mark in santa rosa. 37 in antioch. san francisco 45 degrees. low '40's on the east bay shoreline. 41 in redwood city. >> temperatures drop the day let us highlights the 12:00 hour. we will see fifties for the bid peninsula. best- mid peninsula. >> lows 60s in the south bay. the sixties will grow widespread as we head into 2:00 p.m. today. >> sunshine, clear skies, at a westerly breeze a little bit cool. mild conditions for everyone we are on the the light blue indicating fifties. >> your afternoon highs show mid-60's for today in the south bay. fremont 65. same for sunnyvale. >> 64 in mountain view. the
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east bay. 61 and danville. 65 for castro valley. downtown san francisco at 62. 66 at your high in santa rosa. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights temperatures warmer each day. offshore winds will kick in. warmer weather thursday into friday with most locations are in with the 70 degree mark. a cooler conditions in to the weekend but above the seasonal average. >> monday will provide more cloud cover. >> beyond your 7 day forecast the potential for wet weather is next wednesday. george. >> before we get to you i want to take a quick look at your stovasnow on .com report. >> to tahoe a base of 36-91. >> no. spot no new smoke a base of 34-80. >> squaw valley and base of
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25-96 in.. >> north star no new snow a base of 34-80. >> no hot spots are major problems. the bay bridge we have seen an improvement. speeds are picking up the the heart of the toll plaza. 16-18 minutes drive time out of the maize. >> the san mateo drive around heaven-12 minutes. >> the golden gate bridge volumes are heavy. we are not seeing any problems on the span. >> the east bay ride west 24 south, 680 looks good. no big plays for interstate 80 heading west bound. >> the south bay freeways, 101, northbound the most slowing is around the guadalupe parkway. the on ramp is typical. >> the north bay 101,
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southbound starting to slow heading to hamilton and continues. >> the drive time is 31 minutes from 37 to the golden gate bridge. >> public transit shows delay free for h train, caltran and the muni metro. >> gas prices continue to rise around the bay area as they had been throughout the nation. let us see what the damage its. kron fours jackie sissel our solo reporter in san francisco survey in the prices. >> good morning darya. $4 per gallon is the budget number. this is the earliest we have hit $4 per gallon here in the state of california. around the country is going up. $3.60 is the national average. we pay a lot more here in the state of california. january was the most expensive
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january on record. february is headed for the same record. let us take a look at the numbers. according to aaa what you pay for a gallon of gas in california is $4.60. up 13¢ in seven days. 44¢ over the last month. >> the second highest in the entire country. hawaii has us beat. >> around the bay area give or take a round the average. san francisco $4.30. oakland $3.96. >> san jose at $3.98. >> the big question is why are we seeing gas prices go up? we are used to sing the prices go up in april, may, june as the summer dry season starts. >> according to most analysts speculators are driving the price of on the open market, also oil is at $100 per barrel give or
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take. >> the biggest point is so many refineries are on scheduled maintenance. the supply is down that drive the prices up. they are also converting to the summer of land now. the bad news is according to most analysts we can see prices continue to increase from their current level now through april. >> it may get a lot worse before it gets better. >> the thing is, when it goes up one, to call or 5¢ overnight. when you put it in perspective. 44¢ per gallon in a month and compared to now you really noticed that in the tank. >> yes. we talked about earlier. if you have a 20 gal. tank that extra 44¢ per gallon you are paying that will cost you $9 per tank. >> i like jackie does the
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math for me. >> we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. we will get a forecast as well. you will enjoy it. it will be nice out today. keeping an eye on t once you fip will be nice out today. keeping an eye on t once you fip will talk abouwell, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible.
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we are back. new this morning, the senate armed services committee will vote later today on choke off hatgelsagels nomination to become defense secretary. the vote comes despite republican demands on more financial information from president obamas nominee. the initial vote was postponed last thursday. >> democrats hold a 14 to 12 edge on the panel, and is likely that he will be approved by a party-line vote. >> u.s. and said officials are intensifying efforts to hold college is accountable for what happens after graduation. two senators from oregon and florida are expected to reintroduce legislation this week that would require states to make more accessible the average salaries of college graduates. >> the figure could help prospective students compare salaries by college and major to assess the best
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return on their investment. >> the richest americans are mostly living in the suburbs. >> according to the u.s. census bureau, more than 6 percent of household america's suburbs have top bracket incomes. >> in city centers, less than 5 percent of households made the cut of top earners. southern connecticut, home to many hedge funds, has the highest concentration of wealthy households. >> so-called ballot there in the bay area is a close second. the study did not take into account cost of living, which is a typically reduce or boost buying power in the area. >> san francisco 49ers legend joe montana will make an appearance and the guest of honor at the uniqll store in union square today. >> the first 150 fans will get the chance to take
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photographs with montana. >> fans also win an autographed football, a postcard, or even catch a pass with the fourth time so-called champion. the event begins at 4:00 p.m.. >> we will be back ning news.
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>> it is 7:20 a.m.. >> it is chilly and spots. good morning erica. good morning james. we have some clouds cover local dense fog and the north bay as we take a look at your head lines. mostly sunny conditions this afternoon temperatures in the '60s. tomorrow slightly warmer clear skies. as we look ahead dry weather continues in the bay area. we have a warming trend to look for to details on that. at 7:29 a.m. on to traffic.
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>> the volume building up around of bay. in the east bay moderate to heavy traffic for most of the bay area freeways. moderate conditions in the south bay. light to moderate in the peninsula. the north bay ride not bad for 101 southbound. the drive time 32 minutes. >> new this morning one man is dead and four others are and a hospital after being shot in a neighborhood off interstate 80. last night. will tran went to the scene this morning. >> when police arrived they found two of the shooting victims inside his crotch. one of the man died at the same. >> we do not know that either. we know there was a group of people but the nature of the relationship did not know. >> we did not know that the direct this point. i would assume so. >> police say they did not know how issues are involved or how they got away. the four victims still in the hospital one of them have
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life-threatening injuries. in vallejo will tran kron 4 news. >> big their schoobear schools e back open this morning after closing last week during the search for fugitives x police officer christopher dorner. >> the district schools were locked out as a massive manhunt for the suspect moves to big bear after his truck was found burning on a forest road. the search for him is threatening from nevada, to the mexican border. >> now there was a warning from t s a to regional airports in airplane orders. dorner has some slight experience of partisan concern about an escape attempt a threat from the air. los angeles police headquarters and its stations across the city remained under guard. >> the dow's all-time high was in october 2007 at
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14,164. >> that was the all-time high for the dow. into kron for this morning getting word about and alameda county judge ruling that police and firefighters have no legal obligation to rescue a suicidal man who waded into the bay and drowned. >> fire officials said their employees stayed on the beach because they did not have water rescue training. the oakland tribune reported that alameda county superior court judge george hernandez ruling in its efforts by the family to hold the city of alameda liable for his death as he sat in the water off the shore for several hours. he died from hypothermia. the brother and sister will ask the judge to reconsider and
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if that fails they will file an appeal. >> fbi officials have found a brief but no human remains during estivation in the town of linden. >> crews have gone about four stories down an offer for possible victims of two men known as the speed freak killers. >> more than a year ago, not far from the current search site. san joaquin county officials found the remains of three bodies and a thief is the party suspect for victims of wesley germans time and a loren herzog. >> two other bodies were found buried elsewhere during the same time. >> a alameda county judge ruled tha restraining order hasn
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filed by the estranged wife of suspect accused of killing 13 your 0 genelle conway allen fairfield. in court documents filed, anthony lamar jones a strange wives said jones at many violent episodes. one took place at the couple's stereo home where she says it threatened to burn your house down. in another instance while in the car with him joe's turn turn said i don't want scary but i have a knife and a gun and i don't want to die alone. >> judge ordered a temporary restraining order against don't bring him from coming 100 ft. from his estranged wife as well as her parents and couples dog. >> vacaville police find a baby alligator during marijuana arrest in vaca veiile. laurie and william reilly were booked into solano county jail, after
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being search and their home and more than 50 lbs. of marijuana was found, seven firearms, more than $20,000 in cash and a 3 ft. long baby alligator. >> the elevator was turned over to the solano county humane services. >> the man who ran the cargo ship cosco bruno into the bay bridge spilling ticket thousand gallons of fuel oil into the bay was his license back. he has filed a lawsuit alleging that the u.s. the part of homeless security in the coast guard violated his civil rights by denying his request to renew his merchant marine license. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of illegally discharging oil in the bay of the coast guard concluded it was a paradox christian drugs and felt all said it across before the crash. >> san francisco officials are racing to raise tens of
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millions of dollars from private donors to pay for security, transportation and other cost of hosting the america's cup yachting championship later this year. the city has raised about 14 million of the estimated 34 million needed. mayor ed lee recently stepped up his own efforts to meet chief executive upon the company's base in san francisco. the city as to pay for the bill without having to dig into the general fund. >> pinole please of released the photo of a man who attended to rob a bank in piunole on friday afternoon. police a wall of the bank thetara hills and demanded cash. the man ran off when the teller refused. is described as a black male in '40's or '50's to 26 to 3 in. to 6 ft. 5 in. tall. >> the controversy a new gun
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shop in los gogol's as some people up in arms. many residents say, templar sports in gun sales in the not belong there. the store owners say he has he received a death threat since opening in december. last night, a town hall meeting was held about the store, and many concerned residents and supporters of the gunshot expressed their opinions. >> the city council did not vote on this or take any action. they decided to put the issue on a future agenda. >> a man is mauled by a dog in east oakland. now neighbors want answers as to why the doctors to the neighborhood at the the attack. there are a number of unanswered questions in this case about one thing is for sure. a man was bitten on the sidewalk here in oakland and it was all recorded myself all. neighbor mike jones watched the whole thing from across the street. >> in this cell phone video is hard to see but at least one man is on the ground getting mauled by the dogs as neighbors try to help him. >> jones said grassley to
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meant getting attacked. >> we were running back toward our house to distract the dogs to get them to come toward our way. so it also the stop testing other victims. i was upset. i bring my daughter outside to get some sun light. it is kids across the street. there are kids around here playing. i believe is an issue that is to be addressed. >> jones says the dog or dogs that attack are still inside the house and have not been taken away. >> oakland animal services said they did not respond to any cause at the location. it is possible the person beaten was the owner of the docks. >> it is 7:37 a.m.. we are close to gary's world will have that in a few minutes. in the meantime let us look outside at the approach to the bay bridge. there are high clouds and a lot of sunshine. a slow ride. a bit
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>> welcome back. net flicks just announced that it will team up with dreamworks animation to create its first original cartoon series for kids. >> the series will be based on the dreamworks upcoming movie turbo. >> which is about a snail who gets the power of the superspeed after getting into a freak accident. >> the series will be called turbo fast and will debut exclusively on the streaming service in december. >> ono more wrestling at the olympics. i'll see leaders
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made the surprise decision to is it that removes one of the oldest of exports from the 2000--2020 games. the i o c executive board decided to keep moderate pentathlon, which combines fencing, horse riding, swimming, running and shooting-the five skills required of a 19th century tory officer. >> dropping presley allowed the committee said another sport in this place. here's how people are reacting. >> data sets but yet we still have skeet shooting and tincal! >> brandon says i joined high school wrestling because of the olympics. my high school never had a ping-pong team. >> sasha says they should drop some more sports daily televised popular sport anyway. >> let us take a live look
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at san jose traffic looks good on high 101. there is a lot of sunshine.
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>> we are starting with a live look at our mount tam cam. clouds above. we are dealing with partly cloudy skies. it is chilly out
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there. we're at t feethe freezing mark in fairfield. >> 35 in the livermore valley. taking a look at temperatures throughout the day futurecast 4 highlights so clock. the blue on your screen indicates fifties for the mid peninsula and coast. >> will climb to the six is for santa rosa, livermore valley, and south bay. >> 2:00 p.m. more green appears on your screen those are your afternoon highs. by 8:00 p.m. mild conditions temperatures in the low 50s. >> looking at your afternoon high. fairweather in your never could. fremont at 65. 64 for mountain view. 66 in palo alto. >> to the east bay another good day ahead of us. fairfield 64. 65 for vallejo. downtown san francisco at 62. 664 santa rosa.
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>> shaping up to be a fantastic day. offshore winds will build up throughout the week. temperatures will continue to increase every day. >> we are flirting with the 70 degree mark as we push in closer to friday. temperatures will cool for saturday and sunday. we are above the seasonal average. dry weather for half of next week. >> 747 a m here is george. >> we have word of a stall on the bay bridge westbound. it has not turned a bridge into a hot spot. the back up is good. the meter lights are cycled a good rate. it could start to back up. beneath the san mateo bridge, highway 92 drive time is 13 minutes or less. >> problem free here. >> the golden gate bridge, 101 southbound. the volume is higher than usual. earlier than usual. it is still not accounted any problems. slow from past the south tower to just past the toll plaza.
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>> your east bay ride. looking at the traffic maps. we have slowing for 680 into the ramon valley. >> the east shore freeway drive times are 24 minutes. it is high but normal. your ride through the south bay, 101 northbound a car fire at 13th another potential hot spots. >> your ride on the mid peninsula is especially heavy at highway 92. both south and north bound. more so on the southbound side with heavy traffic of burlingame as you make your way down toward hillsdale. >> ♪ now we can officially talk baseball gary. everyone is excited about the giant the during the camp started today. >> good morning. good morning. how're you? >> everyone is excited about baseball. >> i can go down the street
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and tell everyone will open their windows. >> that is a question i brought a this article matched the numbers between the superbowl and the world series. here we are in them both and the argument was the bay area is more baseball crazy and we are football crazy because our superable ratings were not as high. >> do you know why we are more baseball right now, because of the giants won. when the 49ers won the super bowl why were we no. 28-- when this 49ers were -- when thn the the superbowl. >> you are always ahead of me with your investigative reporting. remember the game was 28-6. on a beautiful day in the bay area i wonder how many people said i am checking out.
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>> they did look at a whole program however, it was a nice day and do not forget everyone was gathered at places vs like watching all of the games that you made to home alone each night. >> it is a big argument we're having. in general my guys seem to think that football is still king and more popular. >> here in the bay area once again, this from having lived here my entire life. i think we are more event oriented. baseball you have to watch every day to get the flavor. >> that is six months at least six days a week. sometimes seven days a week. >> football is building up to sunday and there it is. you can toss away the fact that the first big championship, the warriors won in basketball in 1975.
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the first big championship for the whole northern california went nuts was joe montana in 1981. >> people have been ripping me because i said the giants were secretly, in a nice way hoping the san francisco 49ers lost. >> if you go and sell an ad or a billboard and the 49 programs stadium the new stadium and you walk again and they go i am getting bothered by the giants to. i think i will go with the one who won the game. >> it comes down to money. they're not necessarily thinking about that as a sports fan but you know behind the scenes it comes to monedown to money.
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>> we do not want anyone to really get injured mentally or physically. we would just like to see the people we are competing against not do as well. >> i have to ask you about the warrior shirts. you are well whethered. >> i did not want to see sweaty, hairy armpits. i think the new fabric, what is wrong with the shirt. >> if you look up whether performer in the dictionary it says battered former. >> the only thing i can relate it to on the positive side is that everyone and a
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while i do not think they do it so much anymore, years ago you would see college players where their jerseys over a t-shirt. the kids do it at school. >> i remember watching a lot of college games with that. again, everyone does what they have to do. it is a marketing ploy for kids and certainly for adults. >> they go i have to have the latest gear. >> you sound weathered that is cynical. >> look at steve cross on 60 minutes. do you want to look at him? no. but he is good. >> when i came the next day they gathered around a set old guys. >> just call me cross.
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everyone does it that is basically what it is to have if you are asking me i do not want to be constricted with something over my shoulder my shooting shoulder. , that is a business. >> lastly, the olympic taking away wrestling. baseball, softball they are already applying. >> what do you want in the olympics? wrestling is out. >> i do not care. >> how about baseball or football. >> no. for some reason i do not like baseball. these sports at the olympics are to showcase sports that we do not normally live and die with. >> i do not need to see any more baseball.
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 8 starts now. >> good morning. at 8:00 top stores were following. vallejo police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and others injured. >> north korea confirming they have conducted their third nuclear test. we will hear from defense secretary leon panetta. >> president obama is delivering the state of the union address tonight never mentioned this morning about what he is expected to talk about. >> it is cold and some of our north bay spots. a lot of locations waking up to '40's. into the afternoon however, it will be cooler along the coastline. mostly clear conditions. light winds in the forecast by later tonight. we will
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enjoy a warm up. as we push into thursday and friday i will look at your extended forecast in my next report. >> we start with a bridge check the ride to the bay bridge not slow despite the fact that there was a stall on the upper deck has been cleared. the san mateo bridge ride looks good. highway 92 the drive time running 13 minutes foster city from hayward. the golden gate bridge ride is a small commute south bound a little heavier today than other days this week. >> thank you george. a violence night in vallejo has left one man dead aat least four injured. >> it started around 830 last night in the garage of a house on humboldt and eastwood streets. that is where two men were found with gunshot wounds, one of them by the hospital. >> charlie after that shooting three other people walk into the sutter solano medical center. with gunshot wounds. >> please try to figure out
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if the shootings are related. >> new this morning, north korea convert today that it has conducted its third nuclear test. >> president obama is calling the latest test a " highly provocative act that threatens u.s. security and international peace. >> the president promised to take that jerry had to defend america and its allies. >> the u n sesecurity council as jolly cohas strongly condemned the nuclear test and pledges of further action. >> defense secretary leon panetta address festering is pharaoh's be to the pentagon this morning. >> the latest task combined with missile launches. experts predicting that
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north korea is trying to develop a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the united states. >> the detonation with about half the size of the nuclear blast in hiroshima during world war two. >> is as we registered as a 5.1 earthquake on the usgs seismic equipment. >> we're learning that president obama will announce that his state of the union address tonight that 34,000 troops will be home from afghanistan by next year. >> we also know the president will focus on boosting job creation, reducing gun violence and revamping immigration. >> he may also is a delays with north korea nuclear test we will see. after tonight's speech to president will hit the road to drum up support for his agenda. hitting three states in the next three days. >> al ceo tim cook will be among those in the capital aryan's as president obama delivers his state of the union address tonight. >> cooke is one the guest/first lady michelle obamas. >> the invitation is the apple chief had to
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reschedule a highly anticipated presentation is getting today at a goldman sacs a technology conference in san francisco. >> instead of talking in the afternoon, after market close, cook was big early this morning, before catching a flight to washington. cooke's presentation is now scheduled for 715 our time. >> you can watch the president's fifth set of the union speech live on kron 4 24/7 channel you can find that comcast channel 193. starts tonight at 6. >> another developing story of the east bay this time in concord where 14 year-old boy is in a hospital this morning after he was hit by a car while crossing solano way in concord. >> it happen yesterday around 130. authorities said the boy had been walking in a crosswalk onslaught away when a toyota struck him. police said the driver is not believed to have been dropped or speeding. if at the time of the crash.
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>> the boy is now being treated for light trading injuries at the children's hospital in oakland. >> we are hoping something will break loose from the public and the investigative tactics will result in something positive will be a will to come to a conclusion. >> in terms of the dorner case the personnel complaint. the chief has made it clear that we will reexamine that investigation and if that means we interviewing witnesses involved in the original investigation, additional witnesses. the chief is very interested in finding out whether there is any substance to the allegation mentioned in the dorner manifesto. >> that is of great concern to him. his intent is to be
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transparent with this department and with all investigations that we can't. if there are issues with an apartmenthe department s to find out if there's issues that need correcting he wants to find those and correct them. >> do you think the city is being compromised by stretching the thin blue line further. >> we have talked several times about a procedure we called tactical alert which allows us to reallocate resources all over the city to where they're most needed. with the additional resources that are assigned directly to this investigation. our community is being protected and they are doing an excellent job. >> there is no telling why
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he was purchasing school board her school tuba gear. >> with a thousand clues into it you have to prioritize. those that have more weight and credence will be fall of on immediately and others will be prioritized as we can get to them. >> i cannot comment on whether he made any contact or has tried to make contact with anyone at this time. >> you are listening to a live press conference out of southern california. thousands of police officers in the l.a. area and up near
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big bear are searching dorner . if you have not been aware of the store the manhunt began last wednesday as he was named a suspect in the killing of a former laws angeles police captain daughter and her fiancee and the shooting death of a riverside police-- los angeles. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news a college campus remains in the star of emergency this morning after a tornado rips through. the latest out has worked, mississippi coming up in three minutes. plus, watching weather in the bay area. a full check of your forecast coming up that 15 at 8:15. >> and the golden state warriors to debut a new jersey! will take a closer look take8:27. 0ñ@ñ
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>> gas prices continue to rise above the bayaround the bay area. >> plus, a new way to help you wake up in the morning. how mountain dew is headed to your breakfast menu. and watching bay area weather and traffic. a full look of your forecast in commute is next.
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>> take a look at this! new types video just in to the kron 4 shows how much snow fell in hartford, connecticut. between 4:00 p.m. friday until just before 9:00 a.m. saturday. the blizzard of as much as 3 ft. of snow in some parts of connecticut. >> back in the day they measured snow with a yardstick. that is the only way they measured back in the day. >> my relatives are from connecticut and they are coming here and could not be happier. >> we have beautiful weather, sunshine, fantastic conditions. will be cold for the next couple of mornings as it is now. your afternoon highs looking good. a live look from our
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mount tam cam it looks cloudy from this vantage point. we have some clouds and areas of local dense fog in the north bay valley is. >> freezing in santa rosa. 36 in concord. hayward 42. 46 for half moon bay. taking a look at the number to update. i will highlight the 12:00 hour. we will be in the fifties for the coast line in mid peninsula. >> the livermore valley, downtown san jose, santa rosa are under the green indicating 60s. we will continue to get a couple of degrees. the green growth what right spread by 2:00 p.m.. 8:00 p.m. tonight. the light blue indicates temperature in the '50s. low 50s but still on the mild side with light winds the forecast. >> if you like yesterday you like to day. similar conditions. a couple of spots warmer but it will be cooler along the coast.
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>> looking at the south bay santa clara 65. 64 for san jose. similar conditions in the space. blue skies, sunshine. pittsburg 63. 65 in hayward. turning our attention to the north bay. 66 is the forecast thai for santa rosa. napa to degrees cooler. berkeley upper 50s for ocean beach. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast i want to talk about the big changes in store close to the weekend. offshore winds will keep temperatures on the warmer side. we will gave a couple of degrees every day between 1-4 degrees. >> temperatures will max out around friday. slightly cooler saturday into sunday. >> partly cloudy skies but temperatures above average as the start the next work week. >> that is a look at your bay area for cats let us take it to tahoe. focus on snow bomb dog, ski report. tahoe a base of 36-91.
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>> no new snow at north star. a base of 34-80. >> squaw valley a base of 25-96 in.. >> thank you erica. while conditions are improving at the bay ridge in the westbound directions drive times are coming down. we are no longer seeing a back up on a zero westbound. we are looking gets lower conditions for the san mateo bridge. >> nearly a hot spot. at last check the drive time was at 17 minutes in the west bound direction. there been no incidents to report. if the traffic slows anymore this will become a bridge to avoid. westbound highway 92. the dumbarton bridge looks good. >> the golden gate bridge we see heavier traffic this morning that we are used to for the 8:00 a.m. hour. >> now conditions are normal no problem or delays across span. >> looking at your east bay
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ride drive times for the east shore freeway 29 minutes. hercules to berkeley slowing west on 24 and south on 680 leading down to alamo. that is the typical commute pattern. with slowing to lavoro. the south bay freeways it has been heavy on the guadalupe parkway that has been cleared. the rest of the south bay freeway is showing normal commute patterns. >> in berlin this is an anomaly i checked the drive times southbound, running at 35-37 bids. >> just a hiccup on the censors. >> some delays for h train no. 7. 1-3-5 or on time. >> a 10 minute delays for train no. 7. >> gas prices are back on the way up as the rise continues with the average now over $4. let us go to
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our solo reporter jackie sissel with more on the gas price rise. jackie? >> mark, this is the earlier we have ever seen $4 per gallon. a station in the north bay yesterday it was $3.99. i drove by this morning it was $4.50. there was a 6¢ rise just in the overnight hours. we continue to see the price spike. >> $20 for over 4.5 gal.. the national average is at $3.60. let us look at california. according to aaa $4.60 into the average in california. that is up 13¢ in one week. 44 over the last month. >> they are going up and fast. california has the second highest as in the entire country. only behind hawaii.
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>> as far as the bay area it is around state average. >> san francisco $4.30. >> $3.96 and oakland. >> $3.98 in san jose. >> what is causing the prices to spike so early? in fact, january was the most expensive january. february is headed in the same direction. >> most analysts say speculators are driving up the price of gas also oil is around $100 per barrel. one of the biggest is a lot of the refineries are doing scheduled maintenance. that means the supply is down that drive the prices up. most analysts believe we will see prices continue to go upward through april. >> thank you jackie for the update. >> new this morning, the
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senate armed services committee will vote later on today on chuck hegel's nomination to become defense secretary. >> the vote comes despite republican demands for more financial information from hagel. >> the initial vote was postponed last thursday. >> but democrats hold a 14- 12 edge on the panel, so it is likely hagel will be approved on a party-line vote. >> pepsi has announced plans genders to introduce a new fruit flavored mountain dew soda called kick start. it is a mix of jews and mountain dew that offers 92 mg of caffeine for a 16 oz can. >> that is much less than the engine drink our coffee. >> the 16 oz can of the jews and fused so is 80 cals. >> orange citrus and fruit punch flavors of mountain dew kickstart will hit
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stores february 24th--20 di5th. >> the international olympic committee is making a surprise announcement. we will tell you which sport is being cut from the summer olympics. >> a closer look at the new warriors and jerseys. you either like it or hate them. i hate them. >> we will be back with more on the
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>> no more wrastling at the olympics. ioc leaders made the surprise decision to stay there remo's one old is olympic sports from the 2020 games. the ioc executive board decided to keep moderate path apentathlon, which combine sensing, horse racing, swimming, running and shooting at-the five skills required of a 19th century calvary officer. dropping aggressive and allows the committee to add another sport in this place.
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here is how people are reacting on the kron 4 news of facebook page this morning. >> coming up on kron 4 news we are watching whether or around the bay we will have a check of your forecast and two minutes. and boeing continued to search for the source of the battery problems they're facing with their 77 says. we do have more on yesterday's test flight in a 40 1:00 a.m.. are '.
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we will have more on yesterday's test flight at 8:41 a.m.. >> plus, a power and owl got stuck in the grille of a woman's as you the. we will take a closer look at 8:56 a.m.. [ anouncer ] ihop is in time square to compare
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the temperatures will be climbing to about near 70. i will have full details come in up to my next report. >> we are not tracking any hot spots but here is a quick bridge to check as we check the bay bridge. they do have improving conditions. our concerns are ball 92 in the san mateo bridge becoming a hot spot. though volume is dowpicking up. the golden gate bridge is did a were the traffic is at peak. >> the new this morning, one man is dead and four others are in the hospital after they were shot in a neighborhood just off of interstate 80. it happened around 8:30 p.m. last night. kron 4 urs will tran is on
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the scene. >> one of the men died on the same.scene. >> we do not know the nature. i would assume the giving the circumstances. >> police stated the they do not know how many shooters are in ball. the four victims are still in the house did so.hospital. >> we heard just minutes ago from a loss angeles police department with an update on the search for fugitive x copper christopher dorner. dorner is accused of killing three people in a revenge
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plot targeting the lapd. police say that dorner wrote a lengthy manifesto that was posted to facebook. he vowed revenge on those in the lapd responsible for his firing in 2008. he even threatened the lives of their family members. police now are providing protection for some 50 families thought to be targets. >> meantime up toward its in big bear are searching more than 30 square miles for dorner. there are roughly 600 cabins in the area where dorner's bart the truck was found last week. police also are investigating more
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than 1000 tips from the public. investigators say that the tips the jumped 400% cents. fbi officials haved debris but no human remains during an exhibition of a abandon well near the san joe quinn county community of linden. crews have gone about four stories down in search for possible victims of two men known as the " speed. killers. " more than a year ago, not far from the current search site, san and joe quinn, officials found the remains of three bodies and a fetus that a party suspect were victims of wesley shermantine and a loren herzog. two other bodies were found buried
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elsewhere are run the same time. >> a restraining order was filed by the estranged wife of the suspect accused of killing 13 year-oldgenelle conway allen in fairfield. in court documents filed, anthony lamar jones estranged wife said that jones had many violent episodes. one took place at the couple's fairfield home where she says that he threatened to burn her house down. in another instance while they were in the car. jones turned to her and said " i do not want to scare you but i have a knife and a gun and i do not want to die alone. " a judge ordered a temporary restraining order against jones preventing him from coming 100 ft. from his estranged wife. as well as
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her parents and couples dog. >> vacaville police found a baby alligator dorn a marijuana arrest in vacaville. lowry and william reilly who were booked into solano county jail, after police search their home and found more than 50 lbs. of marijuana, seven firearms, more than $29,000 in cash, in a 3 ft. long baby alligator. balladeer was turned over to the solano county human services. >> the men who ran the cargo ship costco be sent in the bay bridge spilling a 50,000 gal. of fuel into the bay wants his license back. john cota has filed a lawsuit alleging that the u.s. department of homeless
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security and the coast guard violated his civil rights by denying his request to renew his merchant marine a license. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of illegally this charting oil in the bay after the coast guard concluded that he was impaired by prescription drugs and that he felt to follow safety precautions before the crash. >> san francisco officials are for racing to raise and tons of millions of dollars for private donors to pay for security, transportation and other cost of hosting the american cut any vauamericap yachting championship a letter this year. the city has raised about $40 million of the estimated $34 million of the need by late summer. mayor ed lee has recently stepped up his own efforts to meet personally with the chief executives of the
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prominent companies based in san francisco an effort to meet the goals. the city aims to pay for the even without having to dip into their general fund. >> tonneau police have just released this photo of a man who they said a tender to rob a bank in pinole on friday afternoon. police said that he walked into the bank of america branch on tariff hills drive and demanded cash. the men ran off when the teller refused. he is described as a black male in his 40's or 50's between 6 ft. 3 in. to 6 ft. 5 in. tall. >> will be right back.
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( >> welcome back. the-all
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right now it is positive and there just above the $14 mark. stocks are mixed right now as weak earnings from a good year and other u.s. companies keep buyers away. investors are also waiting to your what president obama will say about the economy in his state of the union address tonight. but as far as corporate earnings, coca- cola says it is profits rose 13% in the fourth quarter as growth in emerging markets offset a decline in europe and a modest performance in the united states. >> american airlines and u.s. airways will meet tomorrow to consider a merger. reports say that
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negotiators are considering the makeup of the combined company's board and an exact role for the ceo of american parent amr corp.. the companies are trying to finish a deal before friday, when a confidential agreement covering some of the 8 m r bond holders expires. if the two carriers were strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. a m r has been already under bankruptcy protection since november 2011. >> bowling has similarly completed this flight test to find the source of the battery problems of its 787 is. boeing ran the second test flight of a 787 yesterday. it says that the flight, which last about hour-and-a-half over washington state, was on a in been full. the 77 are grounded because of a better
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problem the cole's one fire and forced a another plane to make an emergency landing. the aircraft maker has said that the test plane include special equipment that lets its track the conditions of the batteries during their flights. >> coming up on kron 4 morning news. an extension project for east contra costa county bart riders is in its final phase. we will tell you when the servers will launch, coming up. >> + we will have a full check of the bay area weather and traffic next. well, well, well.
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>> welcome back. the top stories that we are following at this hour. a shooting in vallejo has left one man dead and at least four others injured. it happened around 8:30 p.m. last night in the garage of a house. one man died at the hospital. surely after the shooting, three other people walk into a vallejo hospital with gunshot wounds. police are trying to figure out is the shootings are related. >> north korea concerns today that it has conducted its third nuclear test. off president obama is calling the latest test a " highly provocative acts " that threatens u.s. security and international peace. the un security council has
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strongly commended the nuclear tests and pledges for action. >> president obama will deliver the state of the union address at the capitol tonight. we have learned that president obama will amounts of 34,000 troops that will be home from afghanistan by next year. we also know that the president will focus on boosting job creation, reducing gun violence and revamping immigration. you could watch the president's address live on kron 4 is 24-7 channel, comcast 193 starting at 6:00 p.m.. >> by 2:00 p.m. that afternoon high will be more widespread. it will be clear and the temperatures will be in the '50s. let's take a look at afternoon highs it will be in the mid 60's for the south bay. redwood city
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will be in the upper 50s. there will be some clouds over the distance. walnut creek will hit 64 degrees. downtown san francisco will be in the low 60's. your kron 47 day around the bay forecast highlights warmer forecast along the way. >> we are still looking at a hot spot freed ride around the bay. the bay bridge has lighter traffic than usual. they have a new pattern that we have noticed in the last several weeks. we can see the end of back up and this is the same case this morning. the san mateo bridge did have a slowing but the speeds are back down to 14 minutes for your drive across the span. your golden gate bridge ride it 1 01
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southbound this is the second time that things have been slow. in the east we are looking at some slowing on 680 into the san ramon valley area. this usually last about 9:15 a.m.. 24 west looks good as well. overall, the peninsula as slow traffic. 84 where it connects with 101 is a little bit better than usual today. >> over the past few years, bart has seen its ryder ship numbers rising dramatically. to accommodate the large crowds, agency is now considering renovating two other san francisco's busiest patients. kron4 as charles clifford shows us what could be in store. >> brodeur shut may exceed.
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because ryder shipping is going to keep going up and they stated that problems at any of these stations come back up they stated that they will make alterations to keep things moving. that they once had more stairwells as well as elevators. they may also did a new tunnels and add new platforms. this is where people can enter and exit on both sides. this may take about five years and about $600 million. the work could be done without stopping service. >> copper these are be
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blamed for snarling traffic around the bay area. the marin lights from southbound lme an expressway to northbound highway 85 in south san jose has been dark for two weeks. it is one of some 59 such metering lights that were vandalized across the bay area in the past year. caltrans crews cannot keep but with the thieves who are simply driving around at night looking for have burned a junction boxes near the metering lights. they then pulled the wire from the box and they sell it for scrap dealers for as much as $4 a pound. caltran says that they are now replacing the copper wire in the mid relies less valuable aluminum wire and also are going to bury those ducks in boxes. >>
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president obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order that is aimed at improving the nation's defense against cyber attacks as well as tomorrow. the order comes after congress failed to pass a cyber defense legislation last year. he is meant to approve the protection of critical industries and infrastructures from cyber intrusions. the white house hopes to improve information sharing about the text between private companies and the government. >> one in four consumers had an error in in our credit reports issued by a major agency. according to a federal trade commission study, five percent of the consumers identify errors in their reports that could lead to them pay more for mortgages, auto loans or
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other financial products. the ftc says the findings underlined the importance of consumer's checking their credit reports. if consumers are entitled to a free copy of their credit report each year from each of the three major agencies. >> ntagon officials say that the department is not extending some policy benefits to same-sex partners or service members. they said that it is because the issue requires more revenue and military leaders are worried that it might be unfair. the pentagon is the telling a number of other benefits that will be extended to same-sex partners including identification cards and will provide access to commissaries and other services. the military services have on to october 1st to put this change into effect. >> here is a live look at up
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>> welcome back. the temperatures will be warming up over the next few days. the temperatures may be over 70. >> an owl had a very close
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call after getting stucg hit bya woman driving a suv on a florida turnpike. the of owl got stuck into the suv on thursday night. the driver just assume that it was a road kill and said that she felt bad about what happened. she was shocked to find out on friday morning about owl was still alive and sitting inside the grill of her car, blinking at her. she called the fish and wildlife workers, and they managed to free it. >> we're also foll developing ss
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here in the kron 4 news road. >> coming up at 9:00. vallejo police are investigating to shootings that killed one man and injured four others. we will have more on the investigation straight ahead. >> the lapd held a press conference less than an half an hour ago about the man of for the former l.a. cop who is charged with murdering a police officer. the latest on the search for christopher's dorner is coming up. >> plus, we are keeping our eyes on wall street this morning. we will talk about this morning the winners and losers with our financial expert rob black coming up at 9:15 a.m..
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>> good morning. the top stories that we are following on this tuesday morning. police in vallejo are investigating to shootings that left one man dead and four other people injured. we will have the latest on coming up. >> north korea is conforming that they have conducted its third nuclear test. we will
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hear from the defense secretary leon panetta. >> president obama will deliver his state of the union address tonight. we will have new information this morning about what he is expected to talk about. >> we are watching a potential hot spot on interstate 680 in the san ramon valley area. he is normally slow or in this area. but the northbound accident that is reported has delayed the southbound clearing. we are keeping an eye on it. >> a violent night in vallejo has left one man dead and at least four others injured. it started around 8:30 p.m. last night in the garage of a house on
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humboldt and ease would streets. that is where two men were found with gunshot wounds, one of them died at the hospital. shortly after that shooting, three other people walk into seltzer solano medical center with gunshot wounds. police are trying to figure out if the shootings are related. >> new this morning, north korea confronts today that it has conducted its third nuclear test. president obama is calling the latest test " highly provocative act " that threatens u.s. security and international peace. the president promises to take necessary actions to defend america and its allies. the u.n. secretary council has strongly condemned the the nuclear tests and pledges for action. defense secretary leon panetta
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address the test during his feral speech at the pentagon this morning. >> the latest test combined with recent missile launches have experts predicting that north korea is tried to develop a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the united states. the-nation was about half the size of a nuclear blast on hiroshima during war war 2. it actually registered at a 5.1 earthquake on the u.s. gsm seismic equipment. >> we are learning that president obama will announce at his state of the union address tonight at 34,000 troops will be home from afghanistan by next year. we also know that the president will focus on
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boosting job creation, reducing gun violence and revamping an abrasive. he may also mention the latest with north korea's nuclear tests, we will have to wait and see. after tonight's speech the president will hit the road to drum up support for his agenda, hits in three states in the next three days. >> apple ceo tim cook will be among those in the capital or the is as president obama delivers his state of the union address tonight. cut is one of the gas that are invited by the first lady michelle obama. they imitate some means that the apple's chief had to reschedule a highly anticipated presentation that he was giving today at the goldman sacks technology conference in san francisco. instead of talking in that afternoon, after markets have closed, cook spoke about two hours ago before
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catching a flight to washington. >> and a reminder, that you can watch the president's fifth state of the union speech live on kron 4 urs 24-07 channel. if you can find that on comcast channel 193 starting at 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> another developing story out of the east bay, this time in concord where a 14 year-old boy is in the hospital this morning after he was hit by cars while he was crossing salon away in concord. it happened yesterday afternoon from 1:30 p.m.. authorities said the boy had been walking in a crosswalk on salon away when a toyota scion struck him. >> we have heard the latest
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about los angeles police department with the update on the search for the fugitive x, christopher dorner . sorner is accused of killing three people in their revenge plot targeting the lapd. this morning officers talked about the last time they actually saw him. >> meantime, uproar is a big where are searching more than 30 square miles for dorner . there are roughly 600 cabins in on the area where his burned to pick -up truck was found last week. police also
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investigating more than 1000 tips that they have received from the public. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. in national nils. the hades bird campus of the university of southern mississippi remains in a state of emergency this morning and is closed today. crews are continuing to access the damage after a devastating tornado touched down on sunday. more than 80 people were injured in the storm and ripped through several counties. the twister severely damaged or destroyed nearly 600 homes and damaged businesses. crews from neighboring cities are helping in the cleanup in hattiesburg.
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>> this morning a delaware court house remains closed up three people were killed there. it happened yesterday in wilmington. we have just learned within the last few minutes that the gunman was the next father- in-law of one of the victims. he is the former father-in-law ulf christine milford, who was shot and killed yesterday. witnesses saw the shooter enter the courthouse, pull out a pistol and fired it to women. then, the shooter exchanged gunfire with " police before he fell to the floor. >> more operettas of a cruise ship stranded in the gulf of mexico after a weekend engine fires say that the ship was drafted so far north of its original position that they will tow
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it to the mobile, alabama instead of their original plan for progress so, mexico. representatives from a carnival cruise lines said that in a statement last night that strong currents let the ship to drift about 90 mi. north of this original position. this is expected to arrive in mobile on thursday. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back to kron 4
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news. we are watching wall street and we will not talk with rob black with our winners and losers. >> wenner, amazon beats apple as the most trusted company. >> they almost had about a hundred percent. these are the conversations that we are having. google did not do it, johnson and johnson did not do it. bank of america and also go goglobe and sex. >>ioldman sachs
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>> let's talk about a loser, gas prices. he gets his its highest price since october. >> the west coast pays $3.80 a gallon. the rocky mountains has the lowest at $3.27. we're not even in driving season because is still pretty cold outside. use a look for all $4 a gallon if you don't have in your neighborhood get. it feels like the gas companies-testers will be a very long conversation. >> it would be different if we had one blend of
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gasoline. >> they have seasonal and state lands. >> a winner, burger king parts of their menu with coffee beverages. the home of the whopper is about to become the home of the last tape.latte. nine other premium coffee bridges as well. >> mmcdonald's did this a few years ago. >> a another winner, cash, charge, or hashtag? amex and
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twitter. >> i like it perry . >> amex is kinda like a twitter company. >> as an investor ride like them. >like them. >> we do have some areas of fog. and we will see lots of sunshine and temperatures will be a little bit milder today. they will be a run average for today. we should be in the '60s and a lot of our locations. tomorrow it will be sunny once again and even warmer. beyond that we
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will stay dry throughout the weekend. we are talking about springlike temperatures. some places will get into the 7 days. >> right now the temperatures are as 47 degrees in downtown san francisco. lower 40's for concord and pleasanton. santa rosa is still sitting in 37 degrees. here is this satellite and radar picture. we do not have any grain on the scoring for the next several days. right now high pressure is sitting off of the calls and it is inching closer. today we will see more sunshine and temperatures will be a little bit milder. a >> here is your future cast 4. at noon time it will be in the '50s. san jose and
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livermore will be looking at 60 degrees by noon time carry . and by 8:00 p.m. this evening we will cool down into the 50's for the most part. the highest for today will below 65 for a santa clara. from our friends in the east bay will be 63 degrees in san leandro. livermore will be in the lower 60s an antioch would be as 62 degrees. the same deal is for novato. oakland will be coming in at 64 degrees pre-empts it will really be nic and numbers. fridr
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warmest day of the week. we will see the temperatures in the '70s. saturday and sunday will be a little bit cooler. >> here is your snow bombs the report. there's no snow snow for the last one to four hours. tosco is that about 80 in. and squaw valley has a base of 96 in.. you can go to a small bomsno snb omb.com for the latest. >> we did have an accident on interstate 680 for the
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san ramon valley area and they were concerned that it was slow the ride but it has not. that's the bin has cleared and the traffic is getting back to normal. here is a live picture bridges. the bay bridge is still a little bit of a back up but it isn't easy drive time for 12 to 14 minutes. the san mateo bridges back to normal within 11 minutes. 101 and the golden gate bridge the south bound-- >> a former member of the navy seal team 6, is breaking his silence about the may 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. chris lorenz has more on his story. >> in an esquire magazine
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interview the seals are raising questions to what happens when they were aron laden's compound. it >> he was unprepared for someone this tall. he talked about how we had a the his gun up. >> the shooter said that after he missed for the second level they climbed to the bedroom and at this point they were in the hallway to get rid of two of the shooters. his stated that he was just getting there and that he had his hands on a woman's shoulders try to push her head. he was trying to use her may be as a shield.
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>> he stated that he shot him once in the forehead and that he went down. he stated that when he shot emetic third time in the forehead he went down once more but that he problem was already dead. >> in his book he stated that when he entered the bedroom that he was already down on the floor dead, point the four sides had already into the side of his head. our sources stated that the shooter is account is more credible and that he was alive and standing. >> why do they want to come for now? >> they stated that president obama-session his
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book rake in millions and even received awards. the shooter hisself, stated that he is out of the navy and that he is struggling to file for disability. >> he stated that he does now receive any type of disability. >> we wanna take a live look outside at the approach to the bay bridge. there is a lot of sunshine. we will be right back.
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>> pepsi has announced that they plan to introduce a new full-sized fruit flavor mongoose soda which will be called a kick start. it is a mix of jews and mountain dew that offers 92 mg of caffeine for a 16 oz can. that is much less than an energy drink or a cup of coffee. the 16 oz can of the jews and fused so it is 80 cals. oraches sisters and fruit punch flavors of mountain dew kick start will hit stores february the 25th. >> u.s. and state officials are intensifying efforts to hold college accountable for what happens after graduation. off two senators
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from oregon and florida are expected to reintroduce legislation this week that would require states to make more sensible the average salaries of college graduates. the figures could help prospective soon as compare salaries by college majors to access the best return on their investment. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. the traffic is still heavy coming off the san mateo bridge.
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accident has cleared and i expect this hot spot to clear all very quickly. here is a check of the weather. >> we do have areas of fog this morning. santa rosa has a visibility of zero. everyone else is looking a loss of sunshine. san jose right now was at 46 degrees. i will have more detail on a springlike weather coming up. >> we have heard just minutes ago from the loss angeles police department with the update of the search for fugitives x cop christopher dorner. dorner is accused of killing three people and their revenge plot targeting the lapd. police say that he wrote a lengthy manifesto that was posted to facebook. he vowed revenge on those in the lapd who was responsible for his firing in 2008. he even threatened the lives of
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their family members. police not provide protection for some 57 is thought to be targets. >> this is something to have someone threatened u.s. well ensure children. this is a horrifying feeling for anyone. as anyone that is watching this that problem can imagine if someone was trying to attack your family. this is horrifying, and this is why we have all these men and women from other agencies doing everything possible to try to bring this to a conclusion. >> meantime authorities in big bear are surging more than 30 square miles for dorner. there are roughly 600 cabins in the area where his burned at pickup truck was bombed last week. police are also investigating more than 1000 to said they have received from the public. investigators say that
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simpson jumped 400 percent since announcing a $100 million reward for information that will lead to his arrest. >> big bear schools are back open this morning after they closed last week when the search for the fugitive. the district's schools were locked down as the massive manhunt for dorner move to big bear after his truck was found burned on a forest road. the search for him is stretching from new data, to the mexican border. now there is a warning from the tee as a to regional airports in airplane owners. dorner had some type of flying experience. authorities are also concerned about an escape attempt or a threat from the air. loss angeles police headquarters and its stations across the city remained under guard. >> fbi officials have found
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debris but no human remains torn a search of an abandoned well near the san joquin county community of linden. crews have gone about four stories down and search for possible victims of two men known as the " speed. killers. " more than a year ago, not far from the current search side, the officials found the remains of three bodies in a fetus that authorities suspect were victims. to about is also found buried elsewhere around the same time. >> and a restraining order was filed by the estranged wife of the suspect was accused of killing a 13 year-old genelle conway a llen in fairfield. in court documents filed, and the
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lamar jones estranged but said that he had many violent episodes. in another instance, while there were in their car jones returned to her and said " i do not want to scare you but i have a nice in a gun and i do not want to die alone. " a judge ordered a temporary restraining order against jos preventing him from coming 100 ft. from his estranged wife. >> vacaville police found a baby alligator do in a marijuana arrest in vacaville. lowry and william reilly work booked into solano county jail after police search of their home and found more 550 lbs. of marijuana, seven f50 lbs. of marijuana, seven
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firearms, more the $29 and dollars in cash and a 3 ft. long baby alligator. >> pinole police have just released this photo of a man who they say attempted to rob a bank in pinole on friday afternoon. police say that he walked into a bank of america branch on tariff bill is dry and demanded cash. the man ran off when the teller refused. he has described as a black male in his forties or fifties between 6 ft. 3 in. to 6 ft. 5 in. tall. >> the metal ran the cargo ship costco busan in the bay bridge and spilling 50,000 gal. of fuel into the bay once his license back. john cota has filed a lawsuit alleging that the u.s. department of home
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lands security and the coast guard violated his civil rights by denying his request to renew his merchant marine license. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of illegally discharging oil in the day after the coast guard concluded that he was in paris by prescription drugs and that he felt to follow safety precautions. >> gas prices also continuing to rise all over the bay area and around the nation. we are announcing that average over $4 a mark. to get you more news faster we will go to jackie sissel. >> 7 where we are headed to the same direction as regulators are stating that the cost of gas is being driven up and that the oil
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is costing about $100 a barrel. a lot of bulk refineries are on schedule maintenance and that they all coincide together. they stated that the supply is down and that the prices are going up. according to most experts is that they expect the gas prices to rise through the month of april. you should get ready to open up your pocketbook to pay more for gas before it gets better. >> it is 9:30 a.m.. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t.
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>> american airlines and u.s. air raids will meet tomorrow to consider a merger. reports say
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negotiators are considering the makeup of the combined company's board and an exact role for the ceo of american parent amr corp. the companies are trying to finish a deal before friday, when a confidential agreement covering some eight emhart bond holders expires. if the two carriers were to strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. >> boeing has temporarily completed their flight test to find the source of their battery problems. boeing ran the second test flight of their 77 yesterday. it says that the flight, which lasted for about an hour and a half over washington state, was of an eventful. the aircraft maker has said that the test plaplane includes
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a special equipment that takes its tracks of the conditions of the batteries on their flights. >> the golden state warriors have unveiled the first modern short sleeved in it be a uniform.nba uniforms. theye by adidas, they feature a form fitting compression top with sleeves and are supposedly 26% lighter than their current jerseys. the team will wear them for the first time on friday against the san antonio spurs. they'll also a game where them on march the eighth against the houston rockets and one more time on march the 15th against the chicago bulls. >> san francisco forty- niners legend joe montana
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will make an appearance and be the guest of honor at the "uniqlo " store in union square today. the first 150 fans will get the chance to take photographs with montana. fans can also win an autographed football, postcard, or even catch a pass with the fourth time super bowl champion. this even begins today at 4:00 p.m.. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. we are looking at a new hot spot on the public is so low. it is in palo alto. this is an estate to 80. both the southbound and northbound direction are back up. this is because there is an accident just east of interstate 280. because of this it is backed up the traffic along page rolled said it interstate 280. you
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will find delays in both directions if the page mill road is yours and you can use san hill road to get around it. >> here is your last bridge and check. we are seeing pretty stable conditions. the back up has been sitting here for about 14 minutes. the san mateo bridges back to normal. it is an 11 minute drive time either way. >> we will have a lot of sunshine for today. otherwise, we are expecting a lot of sunshine. tomorrow we are expecting the same and it will be a little warmer. we will have a springlike conditions in some locations. the temperatures right now are 49 degrees in downtown san
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francisco is 50 degrees in oakland. we will see a lot sunshine because the satellite radar states that the high pressure will just be hanging out. this means that we will have more sunshine and even milder conditions. we will see springlike conditions some places will be in the '70s by friday. by noon time you will see a lot of the blue in the heart of the bay. by 2:00 p.m. we will have a more widespread six days and a lot of it will be making it in that area. it will be a run average. by 8:00 p.m. we will cool down into the fifties under clear skies.
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santa clara will be in the mid 60's. san jose will be about 64 degrees. the east bay will have similar numbers. pleasanton will be sitting at 63 degrees. the fog will mix out and you will see more sunshine by the afternoon. downtown san francisco will be as 62 degrees and daly city will be sitting at 57 degrees. >> you will see the warming trend continue and as you look at thursday will be great for valentine's day. the weekend still looks great and a little cooler. >> copper thieves are being
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blamed for a snarling traffic around the bay area. the metering lights from the southbound lme an expressway to northbound highway 85 in south san jose has been dark for two weeks. caltran crews cannot keep up with the thieves who are simply just driving around at night looking for a half buried in junction boxes. they then pulled a wire from the box and sell it for scrap. caltran says the their now going to replace copper wires in the metering lights with less valuable ones. >> president obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order that will be aimed at improving the nation's defenses against cyber attacks as early as tomorrow. the order comes after congress failed to
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pass cyber defense legislation let here. this is meant to improve the protection of critical industries and infrastructures from cyber intrusions. the white house hopes to improve information sharing about attacks between private companies and the government. the order is expected to give the department of home lands security the lead role in protecting critical u.s. infrastructures. >> several dozen of vehicles were vandalize over the weekend concord in multiple locations. and now, residents are trying to figure out why. stanley roberts is a looking at what has happened. kids want to have lot was some of the residents are saying in this edition of people behaving badly. >> they hit all four of my
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tires and i do not even have a reason why they would do that. >> this is a honda that is sitting on four decks. all four of the tires were ruined at this condo. >> this man had a 11 of his tires of destroyed. while some people are shopping for new tires some of them had other ideas. >> there are a lot of people will like to get their hands on this person which is being called a serial/her.
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slasher. >> no one has ethical will be is. >> i wish i know what was because i would take them to the police. >> so for now is just tow trucks and new tire sales, luckily for some of them their insurance will cover the lost. but most of the victims i spoke to have high deductibles so the entire calls will come out of their pockets. >> it is point cost me $725, with this one they are going to charge me $400. in concord, stanley roberts kron 4 news.
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